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    The FM Towns
  • Two models of the FM Towns II.
    Two models of the FM Towns II.

History

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The Fujitsu pavilion at Expo 85.

The FM Towns was a Fujitsu computer that excelled at gaming and released in Japan in February 1989 for 338,000 yen.[1][2]

 
The die of an Intel 80386DX processor, similar to the one used in the FM Towns.

The Towns part of the name is said to be a reference to Charles Hard Townes, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964.[2][3] As Charles Hard Townes invented the laser[4] , the name is perhaps appropriate for the CD-ROM based computer, which uses a laser to read optical media.

Technology

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Compute

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The FM Towns is powered by a 32 bit Intel 80386dx processor clocked at 16 megahertz, with a 80387 coprocessor.[2]

The FM Towns contained between 1 and 6 megabytes of RAM depending on the configuration.[1]

Hardware

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The FM Towns contained a built in CD-ROM drive standard.[1]

Software

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The FM Towns ran the custom Towns OS made by Fujitsu.[1]

References

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Wikipedia has related information at FM Towns

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: FM Towns

  1. ↑ a b c d "FM TOWNS (1989) - Fujitsu Global". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Charles H. Townes Facts". Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Nobel laureate and laser inventor Charles Townes dies at 99". Retrieved 25 November 2020.


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